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MAKANA
(article first published : 2001-07-2)

We are on Robben Island. To the left of the stage is a muddle of wooden structures which we are to discover belongs to one Plaatjies. It's his boat, one of 38 he has made in order to escape from the island - or, rather, it's the same boat he has made 38 times because the guards keep discovering him and smashing his efforts.

This is Makana: the missing lynx presented by Mouthpiece Productions and featuring Andrew Buckland and Bheki Mkwane appearing on the main frame of the Standard Bank National Arts Festival in Grahamstown. (See full review in Drama)